Story Title: Eat My Soul

Rating: T for Teen

Genre: Romance/Drama/Action/Slice-of-Life

Synopsis: Maka's mission is to transfer to Shibusen Academy in order to find the whereabouts of an Evil soul. But the thing is…it's an all-boy's school.

Chapter Thirty Four

My Weapon Revealed!

It was Saturday morning and Soul and I had just finished the grocery shopping, each of us munching on our donuts. We both had chosen chocolate.

"Let's take the longer way," said Soul as soon as we left the store.

"Huh? Why? The bag's heavy and it's cold." That was true. It was snowing again and I was carrying a bunch of food (living with three boys was like living with a giant hungry monster).

Soul took my bag even though he was already carrying one in both hands.

"Wait, I didn't mean that! Give it back!" I said, but then he held out the lighter of his two bags and I took it. "Oh."

"Are you stupid?" he sighed.

"Well, you just took it. Just be glad I didn't whack you in the head with the milk carton."

"I took the bag, I didn't make a pass at you."

"Anyway," I said lightly. "Why are we taking the longer way home again?"

"Because I said so."

"Well, as your Meister, I say we take the shorter way."

"I don't think so."

"I think so."

"God, woman. Can't we just take the longer way?"

"You know, I would have said yes but since you just called me 'woman', I think I'll ask you again: Why?"

"B-because!" he spat. I saw that his neck was growing red and slowly creeping up to his cheeks. "M-Maka, I think I should be more…" he paused.

I stared at him. "More…?"

"More…open…about…my feelings…I think," he finished lamely.

"You think?" I raised a brow at him. What was he going on about? "Are your pink feelings back again?" I asked, muffling my snicker.

"Shut it!" said Soul, getting red in the face. "What I meant was…! I…."

"Why're we taking the longer way again?" I said as we passed the usual route home. I didn't notice Soul mumbling to himself.

"Be open, be honest…!" He looked at me, catching my eye.

"W-what?"

"Can't I just have you to myself for a little while longer?"

"…Hah?"

He reached out to me with his hand.

…Huh?

No way.

Are you serious?

W-wait a minute…!

This wasn't supposed to happen!

Without knowing what else to do, I jammed my chocolate donut into his mouth and said, "Yeah! I agree! These donuts are too sweet! Here, you can have mine!"

Soul said something but I couldn't hear him through the fried bread. He grabbed my wrist and pulled my hand away from his face. "What…the heck…are you…doing?" he breathed, looking quite angry and demented.

"Giving you my twenty three cents," I replied automatically. That was how much the donut had cost.

"How cheap do you think I am!" screamed Soul. "Didn't you just hear me!"

"Uh, um…I…!"

I didn't want this.

Well, I did…want to be alone with Soul for a little while longer but if I did that then it'd mess with my head and my plans I wouldn't want to leave Shibusen and….

Ugh.

Wait a minute. Why did he want to walk with me?

"I'm not letting you go!" said Soul, though he didn't grip my wrist any tighter. It was as if he was afraid of hurting me. "That hot shot's always beating me when it came to stuff like this and for once I would want to…want to…want to…be…with…"

Hot shot? Who was he talking about?

"Well? Aren't you going to finished?"

Soul and I looked to our left and we practically jumped out of our skins.

"B-Black Star! What the hell!" shouted Soul angrily.

"Stop going ninja on us," I breathed, holding my hand over my heart.

"Hah? You guys just suck at detecting people!" Black Star had shown up right beside up, holding a green flashlight in his hand.

"What! How rude!" I said, bristling at him. "I have a very good Soul Perception ability and—"

"So are you going to finish that?" asked Black Star, cutting me off.

Augh! Why that guy…!

"You can have it," said Soul wearily, holding out his unfinished donut.

"I wasn't talking about that," said Black Star. "But I'll take it anyway. Nah, I was talkin' about what you said before you guys went 'zombies are taking over the world'!" He laughed at his own joke though he was the only one.

Soul glanced at me quickly and then glared at Black Star. "None of your business."

"What the heck's up with that? I'm your best friend! Hmph!" Black Star dumped the last of the donut into his mouth and folded his arms. "Well, sounds to me like you're in lo—"

"Come with me."

And then the two boys disappeared off down the street, leaving me by myself. I noticed that I wasn't holding onto anything and realized that Soul had taken all the bags.

When I got home, Black Star and Soul were there. Black Star kept snickering every time he looked at Soul and every now and then, he say something random like, "Oh! I wonder how Maria's doing! I wonder if she has a boyfriend! Maybe she's already married! Oh, well!" And then Soul would chuck something blunt at him.

"Black Star, you already know I'm Maria so why do you keep bringing me up?" I asked, getting annoyed.

"Oh, it's just that my soul calls out to you!" he said passionately, trying not to laugh.

This time, Soul leapt from his seat and began brawling against Black Star. "Time to beat this thing up!" Soul shouted.

I turned the up the volume on the T.V.

Later in the afternoon, Kid woke up from sleeping off his headache since yesterday night. We were doing own things when the phone began ringing. Since I was closest, I got up from the couch and picked it up.

"Hello?"

"Is Soul there?"

It was a girl. Her voice sounded oddly familiar. And then I realized it was the same girl who had called from before.

I tried not to let her get to me.

"Yeah, he's here. Hold on." I held out the phone to Soul. "Phone for you."

He looked nervously at it but slowly got up. "What?" he said irritably when he had grabbed the phone from me.

Instead of walking away, I lingered in the kitchen, pretending to inspect the refrigerator.

"Why do you keep calling?" asked Soul.

A pause.

"No, I told you, I'm not with you anymore!"

I almost slipped and banged my forehead against the racks inside the fridge. Did he say what I think he just said?

"Forget it! I'm not going anywhere near you!" he yelled. "No! I'm going to keep saying it over and over until you get it in your thick skull! I'm not going to—"

Another pause. I peeked out from the fridge long enough to see a flash of fear cross his face.

"You're not going to do that," he said quietly, his voice shaking. And then he finally said after staying quiet for a long time, "Fine."

He slammed the phone down and stomped toward the door, grabbing his jacket as he passed the coat hanger.

I ran after him. "Soul, where are you going?"

"Meeting someone," he said, not looking me in the eye.

I frowned at him. "Fine…." And then I went to sit down next to Black Star who was looked curiously between me and Soul. Kid was reading a book though his eyes weren't moving.

"…I'll be home soon." And then Soul was gone.

As soon as the door slammed, I slumped back and groaned, annoyed at myself for feeling jealous of the girl he was meeting with.

"What's up with Soul? Who's he meeting?" asked Black Star, discreetly moving the curtains and staring after Soul as Soul turned to the left, walking further away from the dorms.

"Whoever it is, I don't think he likes her very much judging by the way he was talking," said Kid, closing his book. Maybe he didn't feel like reading anymore, or maybe he simply couldn't read anymore. He rubbed his temples, looking tired. "It's not the first time he's gone out because of that girl."

"I know," I sighed. "But she's only called once. I don't think we should be that worried yet."

Kid smirked at me when I said "we" and I narrowed my eyes at him.

"Huh? That girl's called more than once," said Black Star matter-of-factly.

"What?" I turned my head to him.

"Yeah," he said, nodding his head and folding his arms. "Just yesterday, she called but I picked up the phone. She asked for Soul but he didn't wanna talk to her so I hung up."

"After she did, right?"

"No. I just hung up."

I stared at him.

"Despite his tendency to hang up on people," said Kid, knowing that someone had to break the silence. "Black Star is right. That girl has called before, more than three or four times. I asked for her name but she insisted on talking to Soul. Of course, he refused to talk to her. I told her so but then she immediately hung up on me. If Soul is ever thinking of getting with that girl, well, I'll have to vote 'no way'."

"Me too!" agreed Black Star.

"Why you too?" I asked.

"Because her voice was evil!" he said, waving his fingers in my face. "I could tell right away that she was probably holding something of Soul's! That's the only explanation!"

"Okay…how did you get there?"

"I've known Soul ever since we were little and he was never the kind of guy to go out with a girl like that. One who calls but never visits. If she really loved him, she'd head on over here and face him! Not make him go see her!"

"Wow. That actually sounds pretty enlightening, Black Star." I patted his shoulder, impressed.

"Heh heh. Thanks," he said, raising his chin.

"Yes, that does sound enlightening. The way you recited that passage word for word…that's incredibly enlightening us that if you can do it, we can too," said Kid, walking over and grabbing a crumpled up piece of paper out of his pocket and handing it to me.

On the paper was exactly what Black Star had just said. "I'll thank whoever came up with this," I said, waving it in front of Black Star's face.

"A-anyway!" shouted Black Star, standing up with Kid and facing me. "I think we should let Soul sort his girl problems out. If she goes to Meister, then we'll have a bit of a problem since you're his date—"

"What?" Kid looked at Black Star and then at me.

"I said, if she goes to Meister, then we'll have a bit of a problem since Maka is Soul's date for the ball!" Black Star repeated slowly and loudly into Kid's ear.

I wanted so much to kill him at that moment.

Kid was struck speechless for a moment and then he blinked and said, "I see."

Unable to take his expression of loss any more, I jumped to my feet and stormed into my room. A second later, I came out wearing my jacket and my red scarf.

"Huh? Where're you going?" asked Black Star.

"To find out who that girl is."

"Huh?" echoed both boys.

I opened the door and looked at them. "Well?" I said, raising my eyebrows. "Are you guys coming or not?"

"It's freezing out here!" said Kid, digging his hands into his pockets. "I wouldn't usually be this cold…."

We were all outside, walking in the same direction Soul went to. I was going to try and find him using Soul Perception. Because he was my partner, his soul wavelength would be easy to find…hopefully.

As Kid began muttering foul words under his breath about the season, Black Star grabbed my arm and made me walk back with him.

"What?" I asked.

"I was telling the truth from before, about that girl. How she sounded evil…" said Black Star, looking serious.

"What do you mean?"

"Don't forget, I'm a Meister too. I'm not good at locating souls but I am good at determining whether or not someone's on the right side. When that girl called, and when I heard her voice, a chill ran up my spine, and not the kind of chill a hot girl makes me feel. More of when I see a—"

"You can skip that part," I said quickly.

"Ah, right. Anyway, I don't like her. Whoever she is…she's no one good."

"Hmm…." I didn't know what to say, but I did take Black Star's word for it. I couldn't disagree with him because I had felt that way too, and I wasn't saying that because she was involved with Soul.

I kept following my Soul Perception until I realized that we were walking right into Shibusen.

"He's at school?" said Black Star, surprised.

"Guess so," I said, walking up the cement steps. But then I stopped.

There was someone at the top of the stairs. In fact, two.

"Soul?" I said quietly. When I saw Kid and Black Star making their way up, I grabbed their necks and pulled them down low so that Soul and the person he was with wouldn't see us. "Shhh!" I hissed quietly when they gave me questioning looks. I pointed to Soul and they looked over at him.

"It doesn't look like…" said Kid slowly, peering over the steps, "he's with a girl."

That was true. The person Soul was talking to was definitely a boy. The boy had pure white hair that was messy, and a bit curly. His eyes were yellow like a cat's, reminding me of Tho. I would have thought he was just a regular kid but the fact was, he was wearing a choppy cloak…just like Professor Shinigami's, though his was pure white like his hair. He blended in so well with the white snow that if I wasn't looking at his eyes I wouldn't have seen him at all.

I felt Black Star tense beside me.

"What's wrong?" I whispered.

"What the…! That's not how it looked before!" Black Star was shaking and I don't think it was because of the cold. "It's that thing that attacked me and Tsubaki!"

"What! A-are you sure?" I asked.

"Yeah, positive. I won't forget what his presence felt like…what his soul was emitting. And right now, he feel exactly like the before, though he's a lot stronger now."

I looked back at Soul. "Why's Soul with the Evil?"

Alexandra's voice came into my head.

"You should be more careful about who you trust."

I shook my head. "If that's the Evil…then that boy's the head, the final piece."

"Then let's kick his butt right now!" said Black Star, getting up. I pulled him back down.

"Stop, idiot! What if he's holding Soul as hostage!"

"Hello, my dear friends."

We all jumped. In front of us was the boy wearing the choppy white cloak. He was smiling down at us though it didn't reach his eyes.

I raised my guard. "Why are you with Soul?" I demanded.

"Because we had an important meeting," he said, still smiling. He tilted his head at me. "Alexandra was very fond of you."

I glared at him. "Don't you dare say her name!"

"What? Alexandra was me, as was Dirk, though he was the weaker of me. Befriending humans." He chuckled, shaking his head. Behind him, Soul walked forward.

"Soul!" I called.

He didn't answer.

"Why, you…you didn't tell them?" asked the Evil, smiling and looking back and forth between us. "Soul, as your Meister, I expected better of you."

"What?" I blinked at him. "The hell did you just say?"

"Ah, no," the Evil sighed. "He didn't tell you that either. I see, I see…. Well, since you've failed to tell then anything after…hmm…a whole year—"

"A whole year?" said Black Star, Kid and I.

"I'm not listening to you," said Black Star, glaring up at the Evil.

"That's right," joined in Kid. "We want to hear it straight from Soul."

"Well, Soul?" The Evil looked at him. "Your friends are waiting for you explanation."

This guy was pissing me off. He acted as if everything was joke. "Soul, get away from that Evil."

"'That Evil'," the boy said lazily, smiling at me. "So barbaric. I have a name, you know."

"I don't give a damn what your name is," I said, my voice rising. "I want Soul away from you right now."

"All right." The Evil stepped back. "Go on, Soul. Go on." He waved his hand to us.

Soul caught my eye and then shrugged. "I'm good where I'm at."

…What?

The world was steadily turning darker even though the sun wasn't setting yet.

"Let me see the power that was able to take out my second strongest soul." The boy held out his hand and I knew what he wanted.

For a moment, my hurt look must have reached Soul because he hesitated. He looked at the Evil and then glared at the ground, gritting his teeth.

And then…

He transformed.

The Evil caught the shaft and twirled it almost playfully.

That made me mad as hell.

"Let Soul go!" I ordered.

"But he doesn't want to leave me," said the Evil.

"Shaddup!" bellowed Black Star. "We may not have our Weapons right now, but us Meisters of Shibusen will still beat you up!"

"I second that," said Kid, stepping up.

"Soul!" I screamed his name as if my life depended on it. "Soul, wake up! Don't you realize who that is!"

"Shut up! I know what I'm doing, dumbass!" shouted Soul.

"You freakin' idiot!" I was breathing hard, my chest hurt. "How long have you been working for him! How long have you been lying to us all! Why did you choose this path! Does this make you happy!"

Damn it, Dirk! You should have said that to Soul instead!

"Shut up!" yelled Soul, his voice hoarse and pained.

"Maka! Get a hold of yourself!" said Black Star.

"We'll save Soul, don't worry." Kid's eyes never left the red and black scythe.

I gripped my hands.

If it weren't for those two…

I don't think I would've had enough in me to look up and fight.

My eyes met the Evil's. He grinned, satisfied that I was choosing to fight. It probably loved seeing me shaken like this.

He readied the scythe. "Nice to meet you. My name is Loki."

Next Time on Eat My Soul!

"Well...I guess Maka doesn't have a date for the ball anymore."

Author's Note: I should not watch Who's Line is it Anyway while writing. Messes up my focus. I'm trying to write something intense while laughing my ass off. What the heck?

Anyway thanks for reading I really wanna watch the show so I'm sorry but this AN's really short thanks everyone I'll see you all in the next chapter! :D